Waste Watchers

In our final (sniff) episode of Waste Watchers, we cover some super simple tips for using your freezer to make foods last way longer to help you eat healthier, waste less, and save more money for you and your family.We hope you've enjoyed the show; thanks for listening!

In episode 4, we dispel all the confusion about 'expiration dates' (and spoiler alert: they aren't even expiration dates!). We describe what 'sell by,' 'use by,' and other dates you see on the foods you buy in the grocery store. Finally, we give you simple tips to help you determine whether a food or beverage is still safe to eat or drink.

In this episode, we discuss the very sexy topic of...food storage! We cover the types of containers that work best, how to store different types of food to retain freshness and make them last the longest, and other simple steps to make food storage easy and efficient.

Welcome to Waste Watchers! On our first of five episodes, your hosts, Chris (an intrepid nutrition professor at Arizona State University and husband to Kelsey) and Kelsey (a pro podcaster, writer, and wife to Chris) chat about the surprisingly fascinating issue of food waste.We offer up great tools to lower your food waste, improve your health, and even be friendlier to your wallet by:using recipes to make good use of foods that might soon go bad.stocking your kitchen with the basic essentials.being smart about food purchases at the grocery store.making strategic use of your freezer to improve shelf-life and make it easier to put dinner on the table throughout the busy week.On the show, we mention a few things:the Waste Watchers web site, which you can find here.a recipe for Leftovers soup.a super-simple roasted broccoli recipe, which you can find here along with a helpful video on prep.a sneaky delicious, veggie-filled pasta sauce recipe.smoothies...lots of smoothies.